In this extended sermon, the lead speaker (Speaker A) addresses the spiritual and psychological battle that occurs within the mind, warning against remaining silent when Satan’s lies arise. He cites research on intrusive thoughts (a study of 777 participants across 15 sites reporting 94% experiencing unwanted thoughts) and a Harvard study showing people spend nearly 47% of waking hours thinking about unrelated matters. He outlines a step‑by‑step model of how a thought progresses: attention → agreement → repetition → belief → confession → behavior → bondage, urging listeners to interrupt this process early. Biblical foundations are provided, especially 2 Corinthians 10:5 (casting down thoughts) and Ephesians 4:27 (do not give the devil a foothold). The speaker emphasizes that not all negative thoughts are demonic, but any thought contradicting God’s truth must be challenged. He calls for the church to adopt a counseling‑focused ministry, noting his own background in licensed counseling and the need for therapy, especially given rising stress, unemployment, vaping, and suicide. The sermon includes a prayer of invitation for salvation, a plea for financial partnership with 514 Grace Church, and an appeal for members to engage in Bible study and support the church’s outreach across multiple Georgia towns. Throughout, the tone shifts between instructional, pastoral, and urgent, aiming to equip believers to recognize, confront, and defeat internal lies while encouraging practical church involvement.
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Kingdom authority, Christ has given victory. Power in the word of God breaking every captivity. I'm a citizen of heaven redeemed at Calvary. Kingdom authority, Jesus. Jesus reigns eternally. Kingdom authority. Hell cannot silence me. The risen Lamb has conquered. Now the enemy must flee. I'm a citizen of heaven, washed and made completely free. Kingdom authority. All the glory belongs to thee. I do not beg the night to leave. I lift the name that demons fear. Jesus is the light of life, and when he speaks, the path is clear. Grace is my covering, his Spirit is my flame. Truth is on my tongue, and there is power in his name. I'm seated with Christ. The serpent lies beneath. The cross has spoken. The tomb stands empty. I do not fight for victory. Christ won at Calvary. I stand upon his promises. His word is carrying me. We are citizens, citizens of heaven, born of the Spirit, redeemed and forgiven.
Jesus our Savior, we thank you, Lord God, that you're able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think. We thank you, Lord God, that we are not the same because we're in your presence, God. And because we're in your presence, we know, Father God, that you're here. And wherever you are, God, things change. The environment changes. People change. And God, make us into your image. And it's in the name of Jesus that we pray. And everyone said amen. I wanna say this this morning. So if you're watching us online, I'm saying this not so that I am intentionally trying to pick a fight, I'm not, or to stir up something. But I think we're living in a time now where preaching is starting to be at the forefront of what's taking place as opposed to teaching the word of God with excellence. I find because of the stresses of the day and what people are dealing with on a daily basis that folks can't afford to come into a building and have someone scream, spit, hoop, and hack at them. You've got to walk away from that service with the tangible word of God. And because of stress, loss, low wages, all of these things— children going through things in school, people going through things on their job, people going through things in government, government employees losing their jobs— we can't afford to come into a church And be emotional. We have to have a reality check. And because without this reality check, you're just going to be hyped up and leave the building, and the problem is still going to exist. Are you there?
Yes.
Because now we're finding out that reality, Pastor Keith, is in fact a real word. It is not something that's fiction. Reality is real. And it is doing a pulse check on a lot of people, and people are not winning this battle called life. Some folks are checking out. People are vaping. Vaping companies are making trillions of dollars. Because now people are using goods that will cause them to check out of life. But I want to preach a word today. I want to— I don't want to say preach, I want to say teach a word today that I believe that's going to help people in life. And at our Bible studies that we have on Saturdays, those of you that are watching, you ought to click in, go to Facebook, and we post the information to where wherever city you're in, you can be a part of this Bible study. Whatever state you're in, you can be a part of our Bible study. And what I want to say is this past Saturday, every Saturday we have Bible study. I'm either teaching or one of the pastors or one of the ministers are teaching this Bible study. But I want to say that there is a spirit of excellence Upon it, but this particular Saturday, the Lord gave clear instructions that we are not to deviate from the subject. So I'm going to pick up where I left off this Saturday on today, and I want to title this message family. I want to title this message body of Christ, and those that are watching us. Out in social media, if you're watching us on Facebook, if you're watching us on X, if you're watching us on Instagram, if you're watching us on TikTok, you'll see this message. And there's not going to be very much shouting. I'm not going to be loud. I need to teach this message clearly and slowly, so just bear with me. And I want to title this message this morning, The Danger of Staying Silent When Satan Is Talking. The Danger of Staying Silent When Satan Is Talking. Because this morning, Minister Tracy and Minister Ophelia and Men of God, women of God, those of you that are watching and listening, 514 Grace Church, hear me. The question that exposes the battlefield is going to be revealed today. Let me begin this lesson with a question. If I could put A microphone inside your mind and broadcast every thought you have repeatedly rehearsed for the last 7 days, whose sermon would we hear this morning? Would we hear what God said about you, or would we hear What fear said? Would we hear what Scripture said, or would we hear what rejection said? Would we hear what God promised, or would we hear what happened to you? Because before we talk about demons, warfare, strongholds, principalities, powers, and spiritual attacks upon your life and upon your family. You need to understand something about the battlefield. The battlefield is closer than you think, body of Christ. And I pray that this message touches every church across this globe. The battlefield is closer than you think. It's not across town. It's not in your backyard. It's not always somewhere in the atmosphere. It is not always another person. Sometimes the most dangerous conversation happening in your life is the conversation nobody else can hear but you. That's the most dangerous conversation. It is happening inside Inside your own head. You can be smiling while losing. You can be working while losing a battle. You can be sitting in church this morning while losing a battle. You can be praising God with your mouth while another voice is preaching defeat inside your mind. Inside of your head. Nobody around you hears it but you. You hear it repeatedly over and over and over again. And that is where this message begins, not merely with what Satan says, but what happens when Satan talks and you never answer or respond. Your mind is never a small matter. Researchers studying intrusive thoughts interviewed 777 people, Minister Ophelia, at 15 sites. Leaders, hear me. 15 sites across 13 countries and 6 Continents. 93.6%— let's just round it off— 94% reported experiencing at least one unwanted intrusive thought, image, or impulse within the previous 3 months. Think about what that means. Think about that. Thoughts they did not request entered their mind. Thoughts they didn't request, thoughts they did not schedule, thoughts they did not deliberately produce. They just appeared. What does that mean? That means the arrival of a thought does not automatically define Define your character. The presence of a thought does not mean you agree with the thought. The appearance of a thought does not mean you have sinned simply because you noticed it. The first thought may not be your choice. What happens next is where the battle begins.
Amen.
Another study by Harvard psychologists Matthew Killingsworth and Daniel Gilbert collected approximately 250,000 observations from more than 2,000 adults. They found that people spent 46.9% of their waking hours Thinking about something other than what they were presently doing. Almost half of their waking lives can involve a mind somewhere other than where our body is. Your body is at work, but your mind is replying to yesterday's information. Your body is exercising, but it's constantly replaying the thoughts that took place yesterday or last week. Your body is lying in a bed, but your mind is already living in tomorrow. Your body is sitting at dinner, but your mind is revisiting what somebody said 3 years ago about you. 3 years ago. Your body is right here in church right now, but your mind is in the argument fighting to survive. Right here in church right now, many of you are listening, but you're not listening. Your mind and your spirit are wrestling right now. Your mind is in an argument, a conversation outside of listening to something that could change your very life. Your mind is in an argument. Your body is safe, but your mind is living inside A catastrophe that has not even happened, stressed over situations that have not occurred. And you're worried about things that have now garnered your attention because your body can be in one location While your mind is fighting somewhere else entirely different from where your body is. And if your mind spends significant time wandering between memory, possibility, fear, regret, expectation, pain, and imagination, then you had better know who's controlling the conversation when your mind arrives at that destination. Who's controlling the conversation? Now, I want to be biblically correct, so let us be biblically and mentally responsible. Now, hear me carefully this morning. Every negative thought is not Satan. Every uncomfortable thought is not a demon. Every memory is not spiritual warfare. Sometimes you're tired. Sometimes you're grieving. Sometimes you're wounded, you're hurting, you're depleted, you're exhausted. Sometimes you are processing trauma. Sometimes your emotions are reacting to something real. Sometimes your flesh Is talking. Sometimes your mind simply produces an unwanted thought. Don't become afraid of your own mind. You don't have to be. And don't condemn yourself because an unwanted thought appeared without permission. Now here is the issue. Whatever the source, if a thought contradicts the truth of God, listen to me. If a thought contradicts the truth of God, you don't have to agree with it. Now that is where spiritual authority begins. I know this may be. Different, but I want to let you know part of my background is counseling. Licensed, certified, college educated, but I'm learning, Pastor Keith, man of God. You've been in ministry, we've been in ministry together. We've served on the same ministry for a long time, but I'm learning, man of God. I tell you, I'm I'm I'm surprised because there have been many times that I have to do therapy on my own self. And I said now, if I'm dealing with these problems and I'm finding out body of Christ that it's just simply some problems money won't fix or can't fix. The Bible says this: It says in the multitude of Counsel. God, even in scripture, talks about therapy. Many people need to get therapy because of the issues of life, the vicissitudes of life. It is overwhelming, and people are committing suicide and taking their own life. And if they're not committing suicide, they are drinking themselves into a stupor and destroying their families because the stress is becoming unbearable. You're worried about a job that may be gone 3 years from now. You can't determine that. So you worry about a job that you said, man, I think I'm gonna lose my job maybe in the next 10 years. What? Pastor, we've got to preach this differently. We, we've got to teach this differently. I need people to hear me. I can't, I can't come into this church and afford to holler and scream and shout at people or croon or whatever they call it, a tune. People are losing their lives. Our children are needing counsel and therapy. I'm married to a woman who I love to life, and there's times I look and wonder how she's able to handle it because of the information that I see on television that teachers and leaders and families are going through with their children. It is just un— It's overwhelming. It's undaunting. I mean, what do you do? I have to go back to the scripture. In the multitude of counsel, Pastor, we've got to start counseling people. We've got to start preparing in the days and months to come because I believe, honestly, I believe that people are going to have to start coming back to church and the church has to have the mechanisms whereby we're able to teach and aid people. And what they're dealing with between their two ears. Pastor Keith, man of God, we've got to trust God. We've got to dive deeper into his word, and we've got to start listening more. And this church, as a, a family of believers, we've got to start caring more for people. Paul says in 2 Corinthians 10:5, now here is where we launch. Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalted itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. The, the information we need is right there in the book. The sciences came from the book. What book am I talking about? Let me be clear about this. I'm talking about the Holy Bible, B-I-B-L-E. Many of us, we are educated, we're so smart, we got more degrees than a thermostat. But the main key source that we need is we need daily bread. We've got to start reading and just digesting this word every day because there are words that are coming at us consistently trying to overwhelm us, trying to overwhelm our children, trying to overwhelm our families. Now look at the language of this scripture: casting down, bringing into captivity. The word obedience— Paul does not describe the mind as passive territory. He describes thought management as spiritual warfare. He's saying that your mind is at war. You can't be passive with allowing these thoughts to go free and run free in your mind. Paul declares we're at spiritual warfare. This is not passive territory. He describes Thought management as warfare, and notice something important, body of Christ. Paul does not say never have a thought. He says bring the thought into captivity. This thought is your enemy. What does he say? Bring it into captivity. There's a difference. You're not responsible. From making sure nothing ever knocks on the door, it's not your responsibility. You are responsible for deciding what gets invited inside. Bible says what? Cast down. So if it crosses the threshold, you know what to do: bring it into captivity. The question is not. what entered your mind. Here is the question, what changes this entire lesson. The question is not, did a negative thought enter my mind? The question is, what did I do with it after it arrived?
Yes.
Because a thought can move. A thought enters, you notice it, you focus on it, You rehearse it. You begin agreeing with it. You repeat it. Eventually, guess what? Guess what, family? You believe it.
Right.
Then you behave according to what you believe. And what begins as a thought starts shaping your entire life, and you're performing and doing things that are abnormal. Watch the progression. A thought. After the thought comes, then you give attention. After you give attention, you give agreement. After you give agreement, you give repetition. Repeatedly doing it over and over again. After repetition, You believe it. At the belief, confession. At the confession, behavior. And finally, when it has its fangs in you and it has your life under control and have you in captivity, you're now in bondage to it. That is why you interrupt The process early. You don't wait several months. You interrupt the process early because some thoughts are trying to become beliefs and some thoughts are trying to become taskmasters. Those thoughts want control because they are employed by the person that dispatched them. Thoughts has an employer, and after you take on the beliefs of what these thoughts are teaching, some beliefs are trying to become language. Some language is trying to become normal behavior, or what it considers normal, and some behavior It's trying to become bondage. You don't wait until a thought becomes a stronghold before you decide to fight it. By that time, it is entirely too strong because it has an appetite, and the more you feed it, the stronger it becomes.
Yes.
And you wonder why you can't say no, because now it is a stronghold over your life. Silence is not always peace. Here is the danger of staying silent when Satan is talking. Silence Gives a lie room to rehearse itself over and over again. The enemy says you're finished, and you never challenge it. You'll never recover, and you don't say anything. You say nothing. Your best years are behind you, and you say nothing. Your marriage is finished, and you say nothing. Your child will never come back, and you say nothing. You're too old. You missed your opportunity. You're not intelligent enough. You don't have enough money. Nobody wants you. You are damaged. You will always struggle. God has forgotten you. And you never answer at all with the Word of God, and you just sit there.
That's right.
And you feel sorry for yourself, not realizing that you're in spiritual warfare. When you're in warfare, it's not time to feel sorry, it's time to fight.
Yes.
Because it— what the enemy says is, be careful, I got you, be careful. Silence does not always mean that you stay peaceful. Sometimes you have to fight. Oh, you know, she's just so humble. Okay, uh, this is not— this is not a time to be peaceful. Sometimes silence means a lie has been left unchallenged. Ephesians chapter 4:27 says, neither Give place to the devil. Says neither give place. You mean to tell me? You mean to tell me, body of Christ? Listen to me. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. We we have leaders in this church. Correct me if I'm wrong. It says neither give place to the devil. So I need to ask a question. If the scripture says neither give place to the devil. Are there people giving place to the devil?
Yes.
'Cause the writer says, neither give place to the devil. You mean to tell me your enemy can comfortably come into your mind and sit there comfortably and not be challenged, not have anything said to him, and he dares you to say anything and you sit there quietly? God says, Neither give place to the devil. The Greek idea behind place carries a sense of room, of territory, or opportunity. He will take your opportunity. Don't give him room. Don't give him territory. Don't give him your opportunity. Don't give the lie somewhere to live permanently, because when it comes in and it brings his luggage, And furniture. It does not plan on moving.
That's right.
The enemy does not plan on moving. That's the reason why the writer uses the word stronghold. That means he has a grip that he plans on not turning loose. And the way the enemy does it is so disrespectful, Pastor Keith, because he places a collar on your neck like you're an animal. And what do you do with a dog with a collar? You yank it and tell it to sit and go here and go there. He places a collar on your neck because he wants to have a stronghold on you. Satan has always fought with words, in case you didn't know that. Go back to Genesis. It's right there in the book of Genesis. The serpent did not begin by touching Eve. He began by talking to Eve. Listen at what he says. He says, "Yea, hath God said?" Genesis chapter three, verse one. Now he's challenging what God is saying. Notice the strategy: question what God said. Genesis chapter three, verse one. Question what God said. Hmm. Distort what God said. Contradict what God said. Then offer another interpretation of reality. Reality with the game plan or strategy to shape your identity into His image. You know, that's where you get the— you get the letters ID. You know, ID comes from the word identity. So He wants to shape your identity and He wants to give you His ID.
Right.
Because that ID determines who you are, if you have entrance. And now he moves into your place, your residence. He moves into the residence of your mind, and he changes the address, and he calls it home, the place where you live and reside. He says, I'm coming in, taking over now. You just sit down and shut up and do what I tell you to do. But you sit there Quietly.
Quietly. Peacefully. Peacefully.
Passively and say nothing. And the enemy distorts what God said. You can't do any of those things. You're not a leader. Don't you agree with me? You're not a leader. You're a failure. Don't you agree with me? You just said— you just— you sit there, you don't say anything, you just shake your head.
Yes.
And you agree. Then the enemy wants to contradict what God said, then offer his interpretation. God said one thing, the serpent presented another vision, and the battle became the fight for your life. Which voice will you believe? I need you to go to Matthew chapter 4. Jesus comes out of the wilderness. I give you the summation of what took place. Jesus comes out of the wilderness. Matthew, uh, start at verse 1, you'll see it. Matthew chapter 4. Jesus, Jesus comes out of the wilderness. Satan approaches him, and what does Satan do? He talks. He's a good talker. You know that, right? Smooth. Oh man, smooth. He has the skill with linguistics. He understands the etymology of words. He understands how to evoke emotions. He understands how to stir up certain unhealthy desires because. He's not stirring up healthy desires. He talks. Then he says to Jesus— now you remember what happened when Jesus was baptized in the Jordan. The Bible says that the heavens opened and God spoke and said that this is my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased. Listen at what Satan says: if thou be the Son of God— notice what is happening. God had already said At Jesus' baptism, this is my beloved Son. Then Satan arrives and says, if you are who you say you are, if you are the Son of God, then prove it. God declares identity. Satan introduces doubt. Don't you see the warfare? God says, this is who you are. Satan wants you to doubt who you are. Spiritual warfare. The enemy attacks what God has already spoken over your life. He does not have to create a new identity for you. The devil does not have the power to change your identity, but he does have smooth words. And if he can get you to corrupt what's already spoken, then you'll perform like a puppet in a show for him, and you'll do exactly what he says to do.
Amen.
And before you know it, you're caught up into a trap. You're singing songs like, what's going on? What's going on? You're singing other songs like y'all gonna make me lose my mind. You've already lost that. You've given that freely. Ah, don't act brand new on me. You know what I'm talking about. Then you're doing things and acting out and wondering, why am I doing this? They say I'm crazy. They say I'm crazy. You know what I'm talking about. That was a A platinum song. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Y'all remember the old song by Jimi Hendrix, Hey Joe? Yeah, Hey Joe. Joe takes the life of his girlfriend. Yeah, and then we sing about it and we normalize this. Well, it's just art. The enemy says it's just art. Now they're calling everything art. Satan introduces the contradiction, and after he introduces the contradiction, Pastor Keith, body of Christ, he normalizes it. He desensitizes you. You, you don't even— you think that your impulses are healthy. You are being desensitized, and And let me give you a very clear picture of this. So the nerves in your body are there so that you'll be able to feel and sense what's going on.
Amen.
You have nerves in your hands that if I place your hand over a flame, your hand will feel pain. But here's the problem. See, desensitization acts like a knife. If I sever the nerve and I place your hand over that fire, guess what? It'll stay there and it'll cook like a steak.
Why?
Because you can't feel anything. Why? Because I've severed the nerve. If I sever the relationship between you and God, then you won't feel anything, and then you think what is happening is normal. While he's speaking, you're just digesting everything he says because I cut the nerve. I desensitize you from God. The enemy attacks what God has already spoken. He does not have to create a new identity for you. He only needs you to question the one God who created you. He wants you to doubt God. The enemy is looking for agreement. Now, this is critical because in the battle of the mind, Satan does not need you to build him an altar. He doesn't need that. You're listening to me? He doesn't need that. He wants you to agree with the lie. The devil wants you to agree with the lie because agreement gives The lie permission to influence and control your behavior. God says you're mine. The enemy says you are abandoned. Which one will you agree with? God says I am with you. Fear says you are alone. Which one will you rehearse? God says I will supply All of your need. Anxiety says you're going to lose everything. Which one will you agree with? God says, I have a future. Your pain says nothing good is ahead.
That's right.
Which voice gets to finish the sentence in your life? Be careful what you agree with in private. Private agreements eventually produce public consequences. Private agreement produces public consequences. Who you make deals with in private, there are consequences. Everything Has an appetite. Now we come to one of the central revelations of this message. Everything has an appetite. Fear has an appetite. Anxiety has an appetite. Insecurity has an appetite. Bitterness has an appetite. Offense has an appetite. Lust has an appetite. Shame has an appetite. Jealousy has an appetite. Unbelief Has an appetite, but faith has an appetite too. Peace has an appetite. Hope has an appetite. Purpose has an appetite. Your spiritual life has an appetite. And whatever you continuously feed becomes stronger. And if you feed those thoughts in silence, consciously, it will have a stronghold Over what you think and what you believe. Here's where many people become frustrated. They're fighting something publicly that they are feeding privately. You're asking God to remove fear, but every night you imagine the worst possible outcome that will take place in your life. God, please remove fear. But you're constantly feeding doubt. You're asking God to heal your heart, but every morning you replay the injury repeatedly over and over again. You're asking God to give me peace, but you keep allowing this person that is negative to come into your space. You're asking God to free you from insecurity, But you spend hours comparing yourself with everyone else that you have more than. I'm reminded of a person that was stuck on a rock in the middle of the ocean and they prayed and prayed.
Pastor.
Lord, deliver me. Lord, send a whale like you did for Jonah. Lord, send a balloon. Lord, send a bird that can fly me someplace safe. And then a man shows up in a boat with a small motor. And he comes by and he asks, can I help you? And the person said, you're not what I prayed for. And the man asked again, can I help you? And the person said, I told you, you're not what I prayed for. You can go. And then you're there, you have no food, no water, and asking God, God, why did you not hear my prayer? And the Holy Spirit said, I did, fool. I sent the man in the boat your way. That was me.
Amen.
You want God to deliver you, but you want it on your terms. But you spend hours comparing yourself with everyone else. You want God on your terms, and the enemy is stalking you, both you, your family. He's stalking members in this church. Oh, I know it to be true because I know that he stalked me and my wife. I know this. You're asking God to give you peace. You're asking God to break the power of offense, but every conversation keeps The offense alive. At some point, you have to ask, why am I feeding what I am praying against? I you know we have is there a there has to be a conspiracy of me by me, me against myself. The enemy is sitting back and he's just laughing because he said, look. I got them chasing their tails. They're actually fighting themselves, and I'm the one winning. And the only thing I had to do was speak words. Some things don't need to be fought harder. They need to be fed less. You need to starve those things to death. You need to feed them less. You cannot continually feed what you're asking God to starve. Every time you replay the insult, you feed the wound. Every time you rehearse the failure, you feed shame. Every time you imagine catastrophe, you feed fear. Every time you compare yourself, you feed inadequacy. Every time you repeat it— Oh, it's wash and rinse, wash and rinse. Wash and rinse, and you continually keep doing the same thing. That is insane. Stop feeding what is trying to stop you. Repetition can make a lie feel true. You wash and rinse repetition over and over again, over and over again. I'm done because the enemy knows. One thought may not move you, so the thought comes again and again and again. That that thank you, Holy Spirit. Let me say this: You know when you're called by God. This is how you know that you're called by God. Are you listening to me? You there? Listen to me. This is when you know you're called by God because you're past. Always comes knocking. That's how you know you're called by God. Your past will always come knocking, always come knocking. That ex all of a sudden shows up when things happen in your life. God is moving mightily, and all of a sudden she or he comes out of nowhere. How you doing? And you entertain that. God has created opportunity. God is opening doors. God is about to elevate you, and your past shows up and says, peekaboo, it's me, dressed good, smelling good, looking good. And because he's been slowly feeding you, you develop an appetite Not understanding that he's been feeding you in private because publicly he has one idea, one strategy, one plan. He plans on embarrassing you. See, and then you look in the mirror and say, "I tried to tell you." Welcome back. Y'all remember that song? Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back. Is what they're going to be saying. All the demons, all of them. Welcome back. We've told you you were no good, or you thought you were good, didn't you? Welcome back. God says that you're more than a conqueror. God says that I'm going to do great things with you, and your past comes knocking. Why give it your address? Why give it the phone number? Why even entertain it, man? You're better than that. She didn't have anything when you met her. She still doesn't have anything. Bow your heads. Father, we thank you for your word. We thank you for Jesus our Savior. God, let us not stay silent while the enemy speaks. I thank you for the people of God that know that they are called of God, that God is with them. God, show the people of God that they're not forsaken or forgotten, Father. Jesus, we love you. We thank you for every person that is birthed, that is born, that has divine purpose in their lives. Thank you for leaders that you're raising up in this ministry that will be a voice, a nationally known, internationally known voice that will feed numerous people. Thank you for those type of leaders, God. And Father, don't allow the enemy to rob them of their opportunity. I pray this prayer in Jesus' name. Amen. Give God a hand clap of praise. If you're watching us this morning, thank you. Thank you for staying with us. Thank you for listening, because there is a time where you need to make a decision. You need to make a decision to accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior. I can't stress this enough. You've gone through so much in your life. Why get to the finish line and stop? Jesus wants to save not only you, but he wants to save your family. He wants to save your children, your babies. There's some of you that are watching. Somebody's watching this broadcast right now, and you are suicidal. The last several weeks, you've contemplated taking your life. Don't do that. Don't do that. There's some of you that are watching us, you're dealing with disease in your body. You received a bad report from the doctors and you don't know what to do. I tell you, listen to me, I know what you should do. I— you, you should receive Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior. Pray this prayer with me. Father, come into my heart. I believe that Jesus died on the cross of Calvary. He first descended, then he ascended, and he's seated on the right-hand side of the Father. Jesus, come into my heart. Jesus, save me this morning. Jesus, I thank you for forgiving me of all of my wrongs, all of my sins. Jesus, become my Savior, my Deliverer, my Peace. Restore Me and my family. Restore my marriage. Restore my relationship with my children. Jesus, save me. Father, I thank you for the blood of Christ that removes the stain of sin, the stronghold of sin. Jesus, I believe in you and I accept you as my personal Lord and Savior. And if you prayed that prayer, welcome to the family of God. You are now born again. Thank you for watching. I really love if you would partner with us. Become a 2020 partner of 514 Grace Church. We're preaching this gospel not only here in Villa Rica, Georgia, West Georgia, and Bremen, Tallapoosa, Bowdoin, Carrollton, Temple, Rootville, all over, Cartersville. We're preaching this gospel and we need your help. We need to take this message global to other nations, other cities that need to hear this message of the kingdom of God. There's some people that need to be set free and know that God has The authority to restore their families and their lives. And we need your support. If you could, couldn't you give? Go to our website, www.514gracechurch.org, and whatever you can give, whatever God lays on your heart, if it's $5, $10, $50, $100, $1,000, please click on the give icon and give, knowing that what we're doing with this is helping families, restore marriages, preaching the gospel globally. Partner with us so that we can get this message out. And for those of you that are watching us on Facebook and Instagram and Twitter and all over social media, thank you. Thank you for your comments. Thank you for what you say on YouTube. Thank you for praying for this ministry. Continue to keep us in your prayers because we need them. And if you're in this area and you're looking for a church home, consider 514 Grace Church. This is a very good church, Bible-based, very sound, sound teachers, sound leaders, sound church members. The church is a church that is called by God for this time. 514 Grace Church, where the grace of God appears to all men. Come meet us, come meet us in person, come fellowship with us. Come pray. Let us pray over you and your family. We love to meet you and greet you. And I want to say this, that we love you, look forward to meeting you. Come join, become a member. Tracy and I, we would love to pastor you. The leaders would love to be there to teach and help you mature in the things of God as well. God bless you. We're not out of word and we're not done. We'll see you next week for the continuance of God's word. Be blessed in Jesus' name. And remember this: with all you're getting, get understanding, because that's what we need in this age. We don't need to be shouted at. We don't need to be screamed at. We don't need to be preached at. We need wisdom teaching and the understanding of God. Be blessed. See you next week.
Hey! Oh yeah, I came to reclaim what the darkness stole. Every piece of my mind, every part of my soul. Not by my power. Not by my might, by the blood of the Lamb I step into light. The fire did not break me, God carried me through. Every lie fell silent when he spoke what was true. He restored my peace and commanded the sea. All glory to Jesus, the one who set me free.
